{"id":335771,"date":"2025-08-19T17:24:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335771"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:24:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:24:30","slug":"rival-factions-in-iran-turn-on-each-other-as-dread-of-opposition-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/rival-factions-in-iran-turn-on-each-other-as-dread-of-opposition-intensifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Rival Factions in Iran Turn on Each Other as Dread of Opposition Intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_329317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-329317\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iranian-regime-parliament-majlis-infighting.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Brawl between MPs in Iran\u2019s parliament (Majlis)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iranian-regime-parliament-majlis-infighting.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iranian-regime-parliament-majlis-infighting-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iranian-regime-parliament-majlis-infighting-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iranian-regime-parliament-majlis-infighting-741x420.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iranian-regime-parliament-majlis-infighting-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iranian-regime-parliament-majlis-infighting-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-329317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO: Brawl between MPs in Iran\u2019s parliament (Majlis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Two-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A fierce struggle has erupted inside the clerical dictatorship as rival factions turn on the regime\u2019s president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/who-is-masoud-pezeshkian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a>, openly raising the specter of his downfall only a year into his tenure. The crisis exposes both the fragility of the system and its deep, enduring fear of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eghtesadnews.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-57\/737006-%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B6%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A8-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eqtesad News reported<\/a> that Pezeshkian was compared to former president Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, who was impeached in 1981 and <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW250911288 BCX8\">managed to flee<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW250911288 BCX8\"> to France with the PMOI\u2019s help.<\/span> Firebrand MP Hamid Rasaee warned Pezeshkian \u201cnot to become the subject of [his] own analogies,\u201d reminding elites that Bani-Sadr\u2019s links with the PMOI once gave him mobilization power during crises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other outlets amplified and weaponized the narrative. The IRGC-run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mashreghnews.ir\/news\/1741106\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashregh News warned <\/a>against deepening internal feud, \u201cWho wants to turn the president into another Bani-Sadr?\u201d and alleged a Mossad-backed push for resignation, impeachment or no-confidence, further claiming the \u201cBani-Sadrization project\u201d was being advanced by \u201cinfiltration networks tied to the PMOI\u2019s cyber wing.\u201d By contrast, the Ham-Mihan ran an <a href=\"https:\/\/hammihanonline.ir\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87-21\/46256-%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editorial titled \u201cBani-Sadrization?\u201d<\/a> criticizing radicals for normalizing impeachment and recycling the analogy. Together, the conflicting lines showcase the regime\u2019s paranoia and incoherence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a> Media Reveals Deep Regime Fear of PMOI\u2019s Growing Power at Home and Abroad<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zSBENSyqmN\">https:\/\/t.co\/zSBENSyqmN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1928896764624744632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That paranoia spills into regional policy. In a letter publicized by the Basij Student Organizations, <a href=\"https:\/\/iusnews.ir\/fa\/news-details\/542384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state-aligned &#8220;activists&#8221; warned<\/a> that if the planned Zangezur Corridor between Armenia and Azerbaijan proceeds with U.S. involvement, Iran would face a \u201clarge security front\u201d \u2014 absurdly lumping together HTS\/al-Nusra, the PMOI and the United States as would-be neighbors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, the system remains fixated on the PMOI\u2019s past nuclear revelations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ettelaat.com\/news\/107753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ettela\u2019at cautioned<\/a> against turning impeachment into a routine cudgel and underscored the costs of 1981 \u2014 adding that the state is \u201cstill entangled with the nuclear file that was raised in 2002,\u201d a clear allusion to the Iranian Resistance\u2019s disclosures that exposed secret sites to the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khabaronline.ir\/news\/2102555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Shargh<\/em>\u2019s publication<\/a> of Hashemi Rafsanjani\u2019s 2002 diaries the same week adds texture; those entries show senior officials discussing how aspects of the revealed activity might fall under IAEA oversight \u2014 a window into the regime\u2019s frustration that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/exclusive-report\/timeline-of-ncris-revelations-to-prevent-a-nuclear-armed-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI blew the cover<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186273480 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186273480 BCX8\">The regime\u2019s own media makes clear that its main enemy is the PMOI. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW186273480 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186273480 BCX8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1404\/05\/26\/3377685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tasnim News Agency<\/a>, aligned with the Quds Force, wrote:<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW186273480 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW186273480 BCX8\">\u201csince other counterrevolutionary groups, like the monarchists, have no operational capability and are only propaganda, one can count on the operational capacities of the PMOI.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW186273480 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: Regime\u2019s Fear of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mojahedineng<\/a> Surfaces in Political Debate<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hMRjfYHeRv\">https:\/\/t.co\/hMRjfYHeRv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1908907469734129937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday prayer leaders echoed the message. In Kermanshah, Seyed Amir Mohammadi-Pour attacked opposition forces in his sermon; in Qom, Mohammad <a href=\"https:\/\/fa.shafaqna.com\/news\/1681651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saeedi cast the PMOI<\/a> as a force that will never abandon the fight, saying its members are \u201cincapable of repentance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Threaded through these reports is a consistent signal: the clerical dictatorship treats the PMOI as its principal adversary. And by publicly undermining its own president \u2014 a figure vetted and upheld by Ali Khamenei \u2014 the regime broadcasts weakness, while its fixation on the PMOI betrays the vulnerability that four decades of repression have failed to erase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read A fierce struggle has erupted inside the clerical dictatorship as rival factions turn on the regime&rsquo;s president Masoud Pezeshkian, openly raising the specter of his downfall only a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":329317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5450],"tags":[197,5482],"class_list":{"0":"post-335771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-resistance","8":"category-iranian-regime-infighting","9":"tag-mek-iran","10":"tag-iranian-regime-infighting"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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